Desert Bus, The Torrent
Written by Ernesto on March 02, 2006Desert bus is probably one of the best games ever. Unfortunately the game was never released, until now. 11 years after the planned release date Waxy is hosting a torrent for this mythical game. The game is part of a long-lost Penn and Teller videogame.
The goal of the game is pretty straightforward. You have to [...]
Desert bus is probably one of the best games ever. Unfortunately the game was never released, until now. 11 years after the planned release date Waxy is hosting a torrent for this mythical game. The game is part of a long-lost Penn and Teller videogame.
The goal of the game is pretty straightforward. You have to drive a Bus through the desert from Tucson, Arizona to Las Vegas. The hard part is that the whole trip is in real-time, so it takes 8 hours at least. And it gets even better:
There is no scenery or even other cars on the road, just plain desert, for 8 hours. Oh, and your bus veers to the right just slightly, so it’s impossible to just tape down a button and go do something else. Rumor has it that if you make it to Vegas, you score one point.
Really, you have to try this one.
So grab the torrent (810MB, it’s a collection of great games), install a free SEGA cd emulator, and you’re ready to go.
Have a nice trip. I will give 10$ 25$ to the first person who beats the game, mail me.
Instructions: (from waxy.org) If you have an actual Sega CD, just burn the disc images and you’re set. Otherwise, you’ll need a copy of the GENS emulator and the Sega CD BIOS to play. After unpacking both archives, start the emulator and go to the “Options: BIOS” menu. Set the “Sega CD BIOS: USA” directory to the folder you saved the BIOS file in. Then use “File: Open ROM” to open “PTSM1.bin.”
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Hmmmm……wow..yeah wow that is all I have to say. This game is really kind of weird. I might have to play this when I have nothing else..I mean nothing else to for the rest of my life. Really what is the point. I mean I devote 52 hours of my life to Final Fantasy, but I mean that is a really good game for anyone. But to spend hours driving a bus down a long desert road. I don’t know I might download it to see what is so good that a company would dig it up just to give it out. ^_^
810Megs for this Game?!? Probably the programmer had a longer nap on the keyboard… :-)
Actually the download is a pack of various minigames. The Desert Bus thing just sounds too good to be true so I picked that one for the story. ;)
More games and the review
thanks for enlightening me, Ernesto. :-) Cool site and logo by the way, keep going. Good luck and a lot of power for the PHD!
M
thanks :) gonna need it..
It is part of the Penn and Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors game for Sega CD that was never released. It had a number of comical mini games and this was one of them. It was originally unearthed on the internet a year ago.
Next.
and all this time i thought it was gta just shows you cant trust some things :-)
wait! You said, 810 MBs?? For a game that the scenery never changes??
You can download it as compressed disc images..
link
(453.5 MB)
Hah, I remember seeing the Hands-On preview for this in Electronic Gaming Monthly some 10 or 11 years ago. I remember wanting it in the worst way (i didn’t know it was never actually released) but didn’t have a SegaCD. Man, I can’t believe this actually got scrapped - I’ll definately have to pick it up now though!
Seeds anyone?
haha!! This reminds me of flight simulator for the IBM PCjr. fly fly fly for hours without any scenery. loads of fun for the whole family!
Are you guys retarded, he said “collection” of games.
flight simulator for the IBM PCj had a combat mode. I was the nazi killing sky king!
Never declare war before crossing the border and lining up their runway for a straffing run!
Penn and Teller..
They’re funny…. Looking..
“(810MB, it’s a collection of great games)”
No, it’s a COLLECTION of games. -_-
those weren’t nazis flying around on the PCjr…just plain Germans in biplanes, during WWI.
?so why is the torent so big
i’m gettin it right nw\ow… im going to try and beat it:P:P
Because its straight road for 8 hours!
imagine about 2 billion bitmap images!
I just got to play it. And all I can say is, Wow! This seems like the most borring game i have ever seen in my life. But I am determained to get that $25. And I might be going to a small LAN party this weekend, so maybe I can play there.
some of ya’ll can’t read apparently
This game is mad, i can’t take my eyes off it. I have 3 days of lunch still waiting for me at the table. Long live the wookies !!
Dr. Jones MD
im gonna need this for the lonely nights at my house :’(
Finally! A real time Tucson to Vegas driving adventure. The physics of this game are so complex - it unreal!
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